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Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2015

Introduced: April 22, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Aug 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Apr 22, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Apr 22, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2015

Amends the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to authorize any federal agency with a representative serving on the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification, either individually or in cooperation with other agencies, to carry out a program to award prizes competitively under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 for the purpose of stimulating innovation to advance the nation's ability to understand, research, or monitor ocean acidification or its impacts or to develop management or adaptation options for responding to ocean acidification.

Grants priority to establishing programs that address communities, environments, or industries that are in distress due to the impacts of ocean acidification.

What's happening now August 18, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5